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HP Launches Patient-First Print Technologies to Help Healthcare Workers Stay Safe and Spend More Time Caring for PatientsInnovations co-developed with healthcare professionals include industry’s first sterilizable printers,1 exclusive EMR-compliant workflow solutions, and services to improve patient safety and privacy News highlights:
PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, HP Inc. officially launched new print solutions for the healthcare industry. Based on deep customer insights and co-developed with healthcare providers, associations and partners, HP Healthcare Print Solutions address the most pressing issues facing the healthcare industry today including patient wellness and safety, care coordination, mobility, privacy and security. “As our healthcare systems continue to battle the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and brace for a second wave colliding with the flu this fall, the issues of patient safety and clinician burnout have intensified,” said Daniel Colling, RN, Global Head Healthcare Industry Solutions & Practice, HP Inc. “With this new portfolio we are reinventing healthcare technology to put the doctor, clinician and patient needs before anything else.” Reducing the Risk of Virus Transmission and Healthcare Associated Infections In order to enhance support of infection prevention policies, HP has also broadened disinfection capabilities of HP Personal System devices to include HP Engage Go3 and HP Elite products such as HP EliteDesks, HP EliteOne (display panel only) 4, ZBook Mobile Workstations and Z Series Desktop Workstations, HP Elite and Z Displays (Z, S, E and P series, Display Panel Only)4,5 and HP Education Notebooks (keyboards only).6
Minimizing Contact with Common Points of Transmission Reducing the Risk of Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Helping Ensure Positive Patient ID Digitizing Processes for Faster, More Efficient Care Coordination
Protecting Patient Privacy and Security Availability Additional Resources
About HP Inc. ©Copyright 2020 HP Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Disclaimers 1 HP Healthcare Edition for Print devices are equipped with at least one set of sterilizable, sanitizable drapes (made of VMQ silicone). In addition to the cleaning and disinfection guidance previously detailed, these drapes can be removed, immersed in soap and water or a recommended disinfectant solution (please refer to recommended Healthcare Edition for Print cleaning formulas in the user guide). For further sterilization purposes, these drapes can be exposed to Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour (HPV). The drapes are sterilizable in an autoclave or thermo disinfector at temperatures up to 134 ºC (270 ºF). HP recommends that the drapes be replaced after 200 sterilization cycles in an autoclave. Please contact your HP representative for replacement drapes when necessary. Approved and tested cleaning and disinfectant formulas for VMQ silicon-based drapes covering surfaces for HP Healthcare Edition for Print include: Chlorine based, up to 100,000 ppm (10%) bleach content; Formaldehyde based, up to 370,000 ppm (37%) formaldehyde content; Oxidizing, such as Hydrogen Peroxide, up to 30,000 (3%) ppm content; Quaternary Ammonium, up to 20,000 ppm (2%) content. Customers may experience some visible changes to cosmetic finishes over time as a result of these cleaning techniques. 2 HP Healthcare Edition multi-function printers have been tested to simulate up to 10,000 wipes with germicidal towelettes on Control Panel and Keyboard over a 3-year period. Repeated use of these germicidal wipes may cause some cosmetic changes to the product. Testing completed as of September 2019. Germicidal towelette chemical composition is subject to change. Tested germicidal towelettes include: Sani-Cloth® Plus Germicidal Disposable Cloth (EPA Reg. No. 9480-6); Sani-Cloth® AF3 Germicidal Disposable Wipe (EPA Reg. No. 9480-9); Super Sani-Cloth® Germicidal Disposable Wipes (EPA Reg. No. 9480-4) and CaviWipes® (EPA Reg. No. 46781-8); Clorox Healthcare® Bleach Germicidal Wipes (EPA Reg. No. 67619-12). 3 Tested by up to 10,000 wipes with germicidal towelettes over a 3-year period. See user guide for cleaning instructions. Tested with Sani-Cloth® HB Germicidal Disposable Wipe (EPA Reg. No. 61178-4-9480), Sani-Cloth® Plus Germicidal Disposable Cloth (EPA Reg. No 9480-6), Sani-Cloth® AF3 Germicidal Disposable Wipes (EPA Reg. No. 9480-9), Super Sani-Cloth® Germicidal Disposable Wipes (EPA Reg. 9480-4), CaviWipes® (EPA Reg. No 46781-8), Clorox Healthcare® Bleach Germicidal Wipes (EPA Reg. No. 67619-12), Windex® Electronic Wipes and PDI Easy Screen® Cleaning Wipe. 4 Disinfecting wipes can only be used on the display panel on the listed HP Displays and All-in-One Desktop devices. Disinfecting wipes should not be used on the surrounding plastic on these devices. 5 Select household wipes can be safely used to clean HP Elite, Workstation PCs and HP Pro 635 Aero up to 1,000 wipes: See wipe manufacturer’s instructions for disinfecting and the HP cleaning guide for HP tested wipe solutions at How to Sanitize Your HP Device Whitepaper (http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA7-7610ENW) Not applicable to HP Elite c1030 Chromebook. 6 The keyboards of the HP Education portfolio, HP Chromebook 14 G6, HP Elite c1030 Chromebook, HP Chromebook Pro c640, and HP ProBook 400 G7 have been tested to 1,000 wipes to be cleaned with Windex® Original Glass & Surface Wipes and Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes with EPA Registration Number 5813-79. Do not use wipes on other surfaces of the product. See user guide for cleaning instructions. 7 Putri WCWS, Muscatello DJ, Stockwell MS, Newall AT. Economic burden of seasonal influenza in the United States. Vaccine. 2018;36(27):3960-3966. 8 N. Ide et al., “What’s on Your Keyboard? A Systematic Review of the Contamination of Peripheral Computer Devices in Healthcare Settings,” BMJ Open, 2019 Mar 8;9(3):e026437. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pubmed/30852549 9 Contamination of healthcare workers’ mobile phones by epidemic viruses. https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(15)01034-4/fulltext 10 Investigation into the cleaning methods of smartphones and wearables from infectious contamination in a patient care environment (I-SWIPE). https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(19)30845-4/pdf 11 Leas BF, Sullivan N, Han JH, Pegues DA, Kaczmarek JL, Umscheid CA. Environmental Cleaning for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US). August 2015 Report No.: 15-EHC020-EF. AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Technical Briefs 12 HP Healthcare Edition MFPs are general-purpose printing and multi-function printing devices and are not intended for use in diagnosis, disease or other medical conditions. 13 Ferguson C. et al., “The Wicked Problem of Patient Misidentification: How Could the Technological Revolution Help Address Patient Safety?” J Clin Nurs, 2019 July;28(13-14):2365-2368. https://onlinelibrary. wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jocn.14848 14 Cerner EMR software required and sold separately. Biscom software is available on the HP cloud platform. Subscription required. 15 Medical Economics Staff. 2019. 2019 Physician Burnout Survey. Medical Economics. Aug. 12. 16 Based on HP’s unique and comprehensive security capabilities at no additional cost among vendors on HP Elite PCs with Windows and 8th Gen and higher Intel® processors or AMD Ryzen™ 4000 processors and higher; HP ProDesk 600 G6 with Intel® 10th Gen and higher processors; and HP ProBook 600 with AMD Ryzen™ 4000 or Intel® 11th Gen processors and higher. 17 HP’s most advanced embedded security features are available on HP Managed and Enterprise devices with HP FutureSmart firmware 4.5 or above. Claim based on HP review of 2019 published features of competitive in-class printers. Only HP offers a combination of security features to automatically detect, stop, and recover from attacks with a self-healing reboot, in alignment with NIST SP 800-193 guidelines for device cyber resiliency. For a list of compatible products, visit hp.com/go/PrintersThatProtect. For more information, visit hp.com/go/PrinterSecurityClaims. A video accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/c6e8d828-c8a1-48e6-beb2-69676e6ccaa7 Susan Vander May [email protected] www.hp.com/go/newsroom |